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History1

Structure2

Activities3

See also4

References5

External links6

History

Equality Hawaii was founded as Family Equality Coalition on November 16, 2007 as a UNITE HERE Local 5 and featured Cleve Jones. In 2010, the board elected to change its name to Equality Hawaii to reflect its scope expanding beyond just same-sex marriage.[1]

Originally named Family Equality Foundation, Equality Hawaii Foundation (EHF) was founded on October 27, 2009 as a

References

See also

One of the Equality Hawaii Foundation's first projects, this photo exhibit shares the stories of LGBT families in Hawaii. The project continues to be exhibited around the state of Hawaii.[2]

Hawaii Family Portraits

Equality Hawaii activities and programs currently active include:[9]

Activities

Equality Hawaii — a 501(c)(4) organization

Equality Hawaii Foundation — a 501(c)(3) organization

Equality Hawaii Action Fund — a 527 organization

Equality Hawaii is often used to describe three separate organizations:[8]

Structure

Equality Hawaii was a founding member and fiscal agent of Hawaii Marriage Equality Act, which was signed into law on November 13, 2013 by Governor Neil Abercrombie, and same-sex couples began marrying on December 2, 2013.[4][5][6][7]

Equality Hawaii Action Fund was founded August 13, 2010 as a Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle vetoing a 2010 civil unions bill; opponents of legal recognition of same-sex relationships had made public pledges to remove from office any legislators who supported civil unions; an opponent to LGBT issues openly gay House Majority Leader Blake Oshiro; and Gubernatorial candidates Mufi Hannemann and Duke Aiona were promising to not only veto any future civil unions legislation, but put the issue on the ballot.[3]

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